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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
Nightfall is the fourth book of the Devil's Night series. Read my reviews of Corrupt, Hideaway, and Kill Switch.
Books like NIGHTFALL are the reason why I don’t trust last books in a series. I’ve had so much love for the Devil’s Night series up until this point, but this ending leaves a sour taste in my mouth that will take time to disappear. This book felt so disconnected from its predecessors, it almost made me wonder how this could be the continuation of an interconnected series. All the plot points teased in Kill Switch were hardly touched and came very late into the book. The rest was just a hot mess.
This isn’t to say I hated everything about the book. The chapters set in the past are the only ones I enjoyed to some extent. Will was always one of my favorites of the horsemen. He’s not quite as dark as the rest and he has a humor and sweetness to him that made him endearing. His longing for Emory has been hinted at since the start of the series, so it was sweet to see that relationship play out. Was I obsessed? No. But the first love feeling had its allure, despite the fact that I struggled to accept the “love at first sight” and Emory’s quick shift from indifference to affection. Emory also had the potential to be one of my favorite girls. Like Winter before her, I feel she suffers from the fact she gets introduced later in the series and isn’t strongly linked to other members of the horsemen (like Erika and Banks), but she has a strong personality and one of the most heartbreaking back stories. The abuse she suffers at the hands of her brother was so hard to read, and this makes her very guarded. While I really dislike when characters close themselves off to good things and lash out to push people away, I could understand why she left Will, even though I wish she’d had more trust in his love and ability to protect her.
This brings us to the present chapters, nine years later. Second chance romance is one of my favorite tropes, but I feel like Penelope Douglas was really playing a game with herself to see how thoroughly she could destroy her plot, her characters, and the romance she’d built. For starters, the Blackchurch storyline was confusing. Despite Will’s reason for being there gets explained at the end, my brain still struggles to grasp it. The characters introduced were bland and quite frankly, disturbing. The Will we get presented here is so much darker than the one we’ve known the entire series, and he acts like a jerk most of the times. Especially with Emory. And I could not believe for a second that a woman who survived abuse could allow Will to treat her the way he did. Emory too felt so out of character, and if there was chemistry in the past…it was long gone in the future. I was not rooting for this couple for one second!
And then we have the big elephant in the room: Alex. I’ve seen people saying that her story was forced into this book and she took too much space. I’ve seen people call her “entitled to Will”. I agree with the first statement. Once Alex enters the story, she has a lot of page time. But not in the way I wished. I wanted her relationship with Will to be addressed. She’s played a huge role in his life since Emory left. She’s gotten him through some of his worst times, and understands him in ways others don’t. Instead, Alex existed in this book to be object of useless orgies, to be sexualized, and to be forced into a happy ending with the worst possible disgusting scum man that should not have been allowed within an inch of her person. Oh and also to give her blessing to Emory and Will, obviously. So no, I don’t believe she had any entitled behaviors toward Will, and she certainly deserved better than ending up with the man who, through his cowardice and inaction, ruined her life and charted the course Alex’s life has taken. If anything, I felt Emory was the entitled one for believing she still had a right to Will after breaking his heart in the past and being upset that he’d built something with Alex.
This is a very long review to say that this book was not for me. I was tempted to DNF it so many times but pushed through because I desperately wanted to close the Devil’s Night series on a positive note. I’m so disappointed and angry I just want to forget this book exists.
Books like NIGHTFALL are the reason why I don’t trust last books in a series. I’ve had so much love for the Devil’s Night series up until this point, but this ending leaves a sour taste in my mouth that will take time to disappear. This book felt so disconnected from its predecessors, it almost made me wonder how this could be the continuation of an interconnected series. All the plot points teased in Kill Switch were hardly touched and came very late into the book. The rest was just a hot mess.
This isn’t to say I hated everything about the book. The chapters set in the past are the only ones I enjoyed to some extent. Will was always one of my favorites of the horsemen. He’s not quite as dark as the rest and he has a humor and sweetness to him that made him endearing. His longing for Emory has been hinted at since the start of the series, so it was sweet to see that relationship play out. Was I obsessed? No. But the first love feeling had its allure, despite the fact that I struggled to accept the “love at first sight” and Emory’s quick shift from indifference to affection. Emory also had the potential to be one of my favorite girls. Like Winter before her, I feel she suffers from the fact she gets introduced later in the series and isn’t strongly linked to other members of the horsemen (like Erika and Banks), but she has a strong personality and one of the most heartbreaking back stories. The abuse she suffers at the hands of her brother was so hard to read, and this makes her very guarded. While I really dislike when characters close themselves off to good things and lash out to push people away, I could understand why she left Will, even though I wish she’d had more trust in his love and ability to protect her.
This brings us to the present chapters, nine years later. Second chance romance is one of my favorite tropes, but I feel like Penelope Douglas was really playing a game with herself to see how thoroughly she could destroy her plot, her characters, and the romance she’d built. For starters, the Blackchurch storyline was confusing. Despite Will’s reason for being there gets explained at the end, my brain still struggles to grasp it. The characters introduced were bland and quite frankly, disturbing. The Will we get presented here is so much darker than the one we’ve known the entire series, and he acts like a jerk most of the times. Especially with Emory. And I could not believe for a second that a woman who survived abuse could allow Will to treat her the way he did. Emory too felt so out of character, and if there was chemistry in the past…it was long gone in the future. I was not rooting for this couple for one second!
And then we have the big elephant in the room: Alex. I’ve seen people saying that her story was forced into this book and she took too much space. I’ve seen people call her “entitled to Will”. I agree with the first statement. Once Alex enters the story, she has a lot of page time. But not in the way I wished. I wanted her relationship with Will to be addressed. She’s played a huge role in his life since Emory left. She’s gotten him through some of his worst times, and understands him in ways others don’t. Instead, Alex existed in this book to be object of useless orgies, to be sexualized, and to be forced into a happy ending with the worst possible disgusting scum man that should not have been allowed within an inch of her person. Oh and also to give her blessing to Emory and Will, obviously. So no, I don’t believe she had any entitled behaviors toward Will, and she certainly deserved better than ending up with the man who, through his cowardice and inaction, ruined her life and charted the course Alex’s life has taken. If anything, I felt Emory was the entitled one for believing she still had a right to Will after breaking his heart in the past and being upset that he’d built something with Alex.
This is a very long review to say that this book was not for me. I was tempted to DNF it so many times but pushed through because I desperately wanted to close the Devil’s Night series on a positive note. I’m so disappointed and angry I just want to forget this book exists.
After barely getting any quality scenes with the other characters in Nightfall, it was fun to see the Horsemen and their ladies one last time. Michael and Will's chapters were frankly useless as they didn't focus much on the couples themselves, but I really enjoyed Kai and Damon's chapters and the glimpse at their family, especially with how central to the novella's plot Octavia (Damon's daughter) and Mads (Kai's son) were.
With all the action of this novella (and the epilogue of Nightfall) this had all the feeling of a teaser for things to come, so I was expecting to find an announcement for a spin-off series. Seems like there won't be, so as much as this was a cute goodbye, I don't really see the point of this novella.
With all the action of this novella (and the epilogue of Nightfall) this had all the feeling of a teaser for things to come, so I was expecting to find an announcement for a spin-off series. Seems like there won't be, so as much as this was a cute goodbye, I don't really see the point of this novella.
This book was absolutely AMAZING! I thought Kill Switch was my favorite... I think Will bumped Damon down.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Really don’t think the novellas were necessary or added any depth to series at all.
Also what is with most of these names they chose for their children, could’ve been so much better.
Also what is with most of these names they chose for their children, could’ve been so much better.
This is an exercise in "how can we have as many group spicey scenes as possible".
I don't like Alex being used as a prop.
Will and Emmy are petty.
I don't like Alex being used as a prop.
Will and Emmy are petty.
There was many tears because I finished this series and I’m so in love
Verlos casarse y tener hijos me puso nostalgica, no se porque.
This novella is set 10 months prior Nightfall’s epilogue and it’s set during the holiday which is the perfect time to pick it up!
I really loved finding out characters back in their parenting role and as usual shit hits the fan
I really loved finding out characters back in their parenting role and as usual shit hits the fan